He doesn't understand it because it seems like the guy was his dad not some evil enemy like Lord Commander. How could a dad do that to their kid? Even his dad - even Avocato never hurt him that way, despite all the wrong he'd done.
So when Dean falls, Little Cato reaches for him almost instinctually, the way kids sometimes do when they're absolutely overcome with empathy and sadness for someone else. A paw goes to each shoulder and he looks at him, realizing he's really seeing someone. A stranger maybe, but the hurt is familiar - and different. Worse, by virtue of being from someone he should've been able to trust.
He sees it, sees the pain.
He turns to look at the approaching monster, realizes that with Dean down and currently getting slammed with bad memories he might not be able to defend himself, and goes to get between the monster and him.
He draws his swords.
"I know you think you can take me down with memories of the Lord Commander, but you're wrong. I survived him. And not just the one time, I survive him every day. And I'll survive you, too."
Somehow, instinctually, he knows what to do. And in the moment, he has hope he can beat this monster, has hope the power will work, has hope he has the strength to overcome the nightmares crowding in.
He crosses his swords in an X and they suddenly flare with blinding light, a light that feels somehow holy. Dean will find it somehow doesn't blind him. The Nightrender screeches in agony and recoils, running away, the nightmare effect breaking off as it runs. Even when he drops them to his sides, the swords still glow with a dimmer light, ready to be activated again.
Re: Interstellar Overdrive
So when Dean falls, Little Cato reaches for him almost instinctually, the way kids sometimes do when they're absolutely overcome with empathy and sadness for someone else. A paw goes to each shoulder and he looks at him, realizing he's really seeing someone. A stranger maybe, but the hurt is familiar - and different. Worse, by virtue of being from someone he should've been able to trust.
He sees it, sees the pain.
He turns to look at the approaching monster, realizes that with Dean down and currently getting slammed with bad memories he might not be able to defend himself, and goes to get between the monster and him.
He draws his swords.
"I know you think you can take me down with memories of the Lord Commander, but you're wrong. I survived him. And not just the one time, I survive him every day. And I'll survive you, too."
Somehow, instinctually, he knows what to do. And in the moment, he has hope he can beat this monster, has hope the power will work, has hope he has the strength to overcome the nightmares crowding in.
He crosses his swords in an X and they suddenly flare with blinding light, a light that feels somehow holy. Dean will find it somehow doesn't blind him. The Nightrender screeches in agony and recoils, running away, the nightmare effect breaking off as it runs. Even when he drops them to his sides, the swords still glow with a dimmer light, ready to be activated again.